Growing long hair as a curly haired guy - help?

In My Humble Opinion
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I think your hair looks terrific like it is. Kind of like Benedict Cumberbatch’s. Nothing wrong with that.

My hair is just a bit curlier than yours and I grew it long several times. It can be a bitch to manage when it’s at that stupid middle stage, but it does get better. Nowadays, since I’m older, I will brush it back and get kind of a Beethoven look. (But it’s short now. My wife says it makes me look younger.)

There are plenty of resources for information on long hair. Even here. Best tip I ever got was to keep having the ends trimmed so they don’t split and get crappy looking.

DO NOT do a stupid Man Bun. Blech.

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:stuck_out_tongue: That’s what my hair does (or used to, it’s grayer now so the texture would probably be different if I had the patience to grow it out) but only if I wash it and let it dry without doing ANYTHING to it. If I combed it or pulled it back while it is drying as TriPolar suggests, it straightens it out a lot more.

Kenny G was on @midnight the other night – he and Weird Al have the same hair as always; just their faces get older.

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I was thinking Benedict Cumberbatch, too! Embrace it, Reddy!

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You’ve got some Benitendi-level flow. Don’t change a thing.

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The hair is fine, but dude, your face fell off!!!

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Black squares flatter.

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The flippy-ups come from where in the curl your hair is cut; mid-curl or higher, it’s going to stick up. When my hair was at its waviest I had to be careful to get it cut by someone who knew how to cut curly hair, so I asked specifically when I made the appointment and reiterated it in the chair.